case studies are when rare behaviours or events are being investigated, this examines an individual person as compared to a large group of ppl that are assigned an experiment
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what are the purpose of case studies?
to provide a detailed analysis of an individual
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what type of methods are used on case studies?
either experimental or non experimental methods can be used
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why are case studies usually researched?
as they allow a small area of psychology that is unanswered to be researched upon, so psychologists can gain a better understanding of it and more in depth research can be carried out
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give examples of case studies
a few examples include; HM, Phineas Gage, Little Albert, KF, PM, etc
or the uk riots in 2011, 9/11 terroist attack, etc
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name the evaluation of case studies
-methodological issues, only studying 1 individual so its hard to generalise findings to a wide population (low population and external validity)
-issue with subjectivity, researchers expectations or feelings may get in the way of the study, ie-
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carrying on with the previous card
-Freud made a whole theory based off of little Han's experiences
+can unveil rich, unique insights and data that are overlooked in general psychology [+ethically done that wouldn't be ethical w experiments, ie case study Genie-
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continuing w previous card
-allowed researchers to understand the effects of failure to form an attachment, this situation could not be done with an experiment unless it naturally occurred like it did with Genie]
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